# Making friends in Buenos Aires

**Language:** Spanish  
**CEFR Level:** B2  

> Listen in as Gabriela and Andrés talk about social customs and making friends in real, everyday Spanish. By the end of this course their conversation will feel easy to follow, and you'll be ready to join in.

**Setting:** Gabriela and Andrés are two young professionals who recently met at a neighborhood cultural event in Palermo, Buenos Aires, and decided to explore the city's social scene together. As they navigate local late-night dinners, trivia nights, tango halls, and weekend mate gatherings, they build a close personal friendship.

## Lessons

### 1. Describing your social circle

Gabriela tells Andrés about her limited social circle in Buenos Aires and feeling out of place with her sister's university friends.

### 2. Explaining your daily routine

Andrés shares his quiet daily routine in Buenos Aires and how he frequently travels back home to Rosario.

### 3. Questioning someone's habits

Gabriela challenges Andrés on his frequent weekend trips, questioning how he plans to build a new life and make friends.

### 4. Talking about past outings

Andrés recounts attending an English-speaking pub trivia event to meet people, which Gabriela realizes she also attended.

### 5. Sharing a bad experience

Gabriela describes her frustrating experience at the pub trivia night, where she arrived to an empty bar and was ignored by teammates.

### 6. Proposing a new activity

Andrés listens sympathetically to Gabriela's trivia story before Gabriela suggests trying a mystery group dinner instead.

### 7. Explaining how an event works

Gabriela explains the concept of Extraños a la Carta to Andrés, describing how ten strangers meet at a secret restaurant location.

### 8. Discussing pros and cons

Andrés raises concerns about secret dining locations, while Gabriela highlights how a coworker made long-term friends through the event.

### 9. Expressing hesitation about plans

Andrés expresses reluctance about having dinner with eight strangers late at night, comparing it unfavorably to pub trivia.

### 10. Negotiating a compromise

Gabriela explains her preference for deeper conversations, leading Andrés to agree to the dinner if she joins him at a local tango hall.

### 11. Discussing dance venue details

Andrés describes the beginner tango lesson and late-night schedule at La Viruta, while Gabriela admits she cannot dance.

### 12. Checking calendar availability

Andrés explains how dance partners rotate during class, prompting Gabriela to accept the deal and suggest their first event date.

### 13. Handling scheduling conflicts

Gabriela and Andrés try to align their calendars for both events while working around Andrés's scheduled weekend trips to Rosario.

### 14. Finalizing shared plans

Andrés proposes combining the dinner and tango night into a single evening, and Gabriela agrees as they celebrate over mate.